St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-25
RAILROAD MATTERS.
THAT COMMISSION.
1t Borrows Money From Road 1t
is Investigating.

NEW 7 DIRK, Sept. 24.-In the Tribune
this morning was communication 10 the
effect that after investigating the Cen
trail Pacific Railroad company at San
Francisco the United States Pacific rail-
road commission had borrowed money
of the investigated company to pay its
hotel bills and get out OF town. Inc
writer of the communication thought
the story shoold be denied.
at can't be denied" said Commissioner
Litter at this mornings session of the COM
mission, because it's true. We did borrow
$1,000 from the Central Pacific Tor that pur-
pose. We thought that nobody was more pc
holden to the government than this road.
Within an hour after we had borrowed the
money we received notice from the secretary
of the treasury that money had been placed
to our credit, and we paid the loan the next
morning"
Isaac E. Gates, the clerk of G. P
Huntington, who signed many of his
vouchers and made many of the pay
mentS on which they were based, came
before the commission and asked to be
excused from teStifying until he could
communicate with Mr.. Cohen, counsel
for the Central Pacific. MIR. Gates,
examination was postponed until
Wednesday next. A letter was real
from Congressman John M. KaSSOn, of
of one of the Huntington letters in when
he (Kasson) is spoken of as an liable
fellow ON whom we never lost any
money!" He said thathe never saw the
letter reported that way before, and
desired the commission to probe the
matter TO the bottom to ascertain If he
had ever been paid anything by the
Central Pacific company or Mr.. Hunt
ington, or whether either of these par
ties had ever loaned him any money.
The commission placed the letter on the
record together with the statement that
there was nothing before the commits
sion to raise the implication OF SuggeS-
ton that Mr.. KasSon had ever received
any money on account of the Central
Pacific road or for any other purpose.
A letter was directed to him to this
effect.
Mr.. Gates not being ready to testify
and two other witnesses not being found
by the Sergeant-at-armS. there was no
public business before the commission.
Charles Francis Adams will testify
"Wednesday at 10 a. H., and it was to
that time that the commission adjourned.
Chips From the Ties.
Chicago Tribune: Within the last few days
the Minnesota x Northwestern has erected
near the stock yards transfer house 40
1eel long, where dll tue I-aSleTu rOduS uellNe CT
freight to the new road, and mixed mgrchan-
disc is Immediately transferred into Mime
sofa Il Northwestern cars. This road can
now handle all the business it gets from the
Eastern roads promptly in Chicago. The old
style of transfer was considered too slow by
the officers of the road. This new transfer
system was organized, the house built, and
put i'll operation within twelve days.
The Manitoba Hutchinson train, that in the
past has left st. Paul at $50 p. m, with Il
change of cars at Minneapolis, will, com,
mencing to-day to leave ST. Paul at 80 and
run through. The returning train viii ar
rive in st. Paul al 9:45 a. II. instead of IL so
q. IN.
The earnings of the Northern Pacific for
the third week i'll September were 1913, DOG,
showing an increse i'll the passenger depart
ment of S14,4 49,.
General Manager Harris ana General
Freight Agent Hamblin. of. the Burlington,
left for Chicago yesterday.
The earnings of the ST. Paul & Duluth for
the third week in September were S44, 80,
with 81, 900 to date for the year.
j. T. Odell. of the Northern Pacific, re-
turned yesterday from the West